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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-25 - Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Language: en
Pages: 280
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-15 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press
The gripping account of the riot aboard the USS Kitty Hawk—and the first mutiny in U.S. Naval history In 1972, the United States was embroiled in an unpopular
Language: en
Pages: 349
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
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Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-18 - Publisher: McFarland
For as long as an American naval force has existed, black sailors have served it with bravery, distinction, and little or no recognition. They have since earned